Abstract
The initial step in the infectious cycle of the single-stranded DNA phage øX174 is the synthesis of a DNA strand complementary to the infecting viral DNA producing a duplex molecule, the parental replicative form (RF). Electron micrographic examination of parental RF produced from viruses exposed to ultra-violet (UV) light suggests that synthesis begins at only one site. However, in vitro results and some recent reports of in vivo experiements contradict that interpretation.
Using restriction enzymes we have re-examined the incomplete RF made from UV-damaged phage. Parental RF made in vivo from viruses exposed to various UV doses were purified by velocity sedimentation and benzoylated naphthoylated diethylaminoethylcellulose column chromatography. The incomplete parental RF were digested with a restriction enzyme and the fragments separated by by gel electrophoresis. The genetic location of the new DNA was determined from the relative amount of label appearing at each fragment position.
Readioactive label was not uniformly distributed among the DNA fragments, but neither was there a simple sequence of increasing radioactivity. We conclude that initiation was not random but occurred at several sites. The data do not exclude the possibility that a single initiation site was employed on each template but that the site varied from template to template.
LLU Discipline
Biology
Department
Biology
School
Graduate School
First Advisor
Anthony J. Zuccarelli
Second Advisor
Leonard R. Brand
Third Advisor
Robert L. Nutter
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Degree Level
M.A.
Year Degree Awarded
1979
Date (Title Page)
8-1979
Language
English
Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings
Bacteriophages -- analysis; DNA Restriction Enzymes; DNA Single-Stranded
Type
Thesis
Page Count
iv; 51
Digital Format
Digital Publisher
Loma Linda University Libraries
Copyright
Author
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Recommended Citation
Bogardus, Alicia Morales, "Restriction Enzyme Analysis of Incomplete Parental Replicative Forms of øX174" (1979). Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects. 1396.
https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/1396
Collection
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Collection Website
http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/
Repository
Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives